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24 alternatives to Atom IDE

Improved language integration

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Atom IDE launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Atom▲145

   A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Pinegrow + Atom▲181

   The perfect IDE for the web

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Atomic.io 2.0▲329

   Ultra fast, scalable and fully collaborative prototyping

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4QA
   QBE – a new compiler back end▲241

   2016 · c9x.me · its alternatives →

5. 5MI
   Mesh IDE – a code editor that feels like a spreadsheet▲199

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6KI
   KISS IDE – A simple web based IDE▲56

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7FA
   Floobits-atom — Remote pair programming in Atom▲49

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Atom IDE▲4

   Bring IDE-like functionality to Atom

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9OS
   Open-Sourced CodeCademy-Style Tutorials in Atom▲10

   2016 · coderoad.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Atomic▲39

    Interface Design Prototyping + Collaboration

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Atom 1.0▲7

    GitHub's text editor

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12NI
    New IDE and GUI for R language▲122

    2015 · fasterstat.com · its alternatives →

13. 13YA
    YinYang, a usable live programming language▲134

    2013 · research.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Teletype for Atom▲13

    Code together in real time

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Juno▲64

    A powerful environment for the Julia language

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Allen NLP▲72

    An open-source NLP research library, built on PyTorch

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Atomus▲68

    A utility library for testing client-side code in Node.js

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18CO
    Codebox – Open Source Alternative to Atom▲7

    2014 · codebox.io · its alternatives →

19. 19JA
    Jumpy – An Atom Package for Jumping around Code▲19

    2014 · atom.io · its alternatives →

20. 20DA
    Delver, a natural language interface to your app▲52

    2013 · delver.io · its alternatives →

21. 21RA
    Raskell, a Haskell interpreter and editor for iPad▲16

    2013 · slidetocode.com · its alternatives →

22. 22UA
    UnityShell, a “shell” for the Unity Editor▲55

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23EI
    Equiv: Inter-Languages Equivalent Package Finder▲24

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24UR
    Usable RosettaCode: Code snippets for 2 languages side-by-side▲22

    2014 · rosetta.alhur.es · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →